Seattle Public will replace a 100-year-old, 30-inch cast iron water main on South Spokane Street, between First Avenue South and Fifth Avenue South, starting Sept. 16. That’s going to mean a traffic mess. …

A new neighborhood group, the Lake Union Opportunity Alliance, will hold its first public meeting Wednesday Aug. 27 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Lake Union Park’s Armory Building, 860 Terry Ave. North in Seattle. …

With higher gas prices, some food banks and volunteers are finding it too expensive to drive to pick up donated food. To help remedy that situation, a local junk removal company will use its trucks over the next three days to pick up and deliver donated food from homes in Seattle, Mercer Island and Bellevue. …

You look at the Pike-Pine area of Capitol Hill, and you might think of the bars – at least those that haven’t been torn down. You might think of all the expensive condos and apartments going up. But you probably won’t think much about history. …